Evaluating and monitoring for impact: developing a framework for risk prevention programs

This project will establish a national framework for monitoring and evaluating risk prevention programs through: 

• Work package 1: Evaluating the impact of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services’ Fight Fire Fascination program, where fire services professionals supports parents and educators to teach children about fire safety through outreach. This package will seek to understand: 
  • the efficacy of the program against objectives, content, delivery and training 
  • the impact of the program on fire play and other behaviours 
  • how to monitor the efficacy of the program on an ongoing basis and build the capacity of staff to do so. 
     
• Work package 2: This work package will use action research to test an innovative proof of concept to leverage captive portals as a mechanism for delivering natural hazard risk information to temporary visitors in high-risk areas. This package will seek to understand:
  • How effective Wi-Fi captive portal videos are as a mode of delivery for important hazard information for temporary visitors
  • If this mode of delivery is cost effective
  • How lessons learnt in relation to this pilot project can inform better monitoring and measurement of these types of innovative programs
     
• Work package 3: Using a systemic approach, we will assess existing organisational risk prevention programs and their evaluation in emergency management organisations. An assessment of current measurements in the formal literature, a community survey and two contrasting in-depth case studies will also be undertaken to provide the evidence for the framework development.